The Failure of the United States’ Chinese-Hacking Indictment Strategy
The cyber indictment strategy is a central element of the United States’ response to the ravages of theft and destruction by China that it has suffered in the cyber realm in the last decade. Is the indictment strategy working?
… The indictments rarely result in prosecution but do expose the alleged wrongdoers publicly, prevent them from traveling and perhaps embarrass them in certain circles.. .
. . .the indictment strategy appears to be a magnificent failure.
https://www.lawfareblog.com/failure-united-states-chinese-hacking-indictment-strategy
Example indictment from Dec 17:
https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1121706/download
Hacking by "Godkiller," et. al included computers belonging to:
7 companies involved in aviation, space, and/or satellite technology,
3 companies involved in communications technology,
NASA Goddard Space Center
NASA Jet Propulsion Lab
DOE's Lawrence Berkely National Lab,
etc, etc, etc
plus US Dept of Navy, including ID info on over 100,000 Navy personnel.